News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-02-24

The Reading Club will give an en-
tertainment at the Town Hall Monda,
evening, Feb. %, consisting of fare,
entitled The Mouse Trap" a selec
ton and music, after which all are in
vlted to remain and join in "bran'
bag party and other games. Exer
clses will commence at 100 p. m.
sharp. Admission Is cents. A full
house is desired.
Town meeting comes next week
Tuesday. Probably there are those
who would have thought of it if we
had not mentioned the fact. There
is, of cOuse, the usual talk as to what
this officer has done or that one has
not done. Well, this is as it should
be to a certain extent. But it is,
after all, very much easier to find
fault than to do the work, and people
should bear this fact in mind.
The school in district No. 3, closed
Feb. IS. Whole number of scholars
Is; total attendance S67 1-2. The
scholars not absent were Ella Heath,
Eva Campbell, Orren Spaulding, Hen
nv, Frank and Allen Small, and Marc
and Fred Churchill. Those not tardy
were Maggie Woodwork, Ella Heath,
Arlie and Eva Campbell, Ella Wood,
Orren Spaulding, Fred, Henry, Frank
and Allen Small, Marc and Fred
Churchill and Leon Daniels. I wish
to express my thanks to the scholars
for their obedience in school and for
their ince presents at the close.
EMMA CHURCHILL, Teacher.
The G. A. r. entertainment given
at the Town Hall Friday evening drew
out a fair audience, despite the for
bidding weather. There was singing
by George Cheney and Prof. Whip
pie and an address by a. 0. Gates.
The address was the principal fea-
ture Of the evening and was favora-
bly, received by the audience, as indi-
Gated by the close attention given
throughout and the hearty applause at
the conclusion. The address consist
ed of a review of the speakers obser-
vationS and the incidents attending a
trip across the continent by the G. A.
R. last summer, the point Of destina-
ton being San Francisco, where the
annual Grand Army encampment was
held. Mr.. Gates spoke with ease,
and gave a graphic, instructive and
interesting account of the trip from
the start until the point Of destina-
ton was reached. We understand
Mr.. Gates has been invited to speak
at Cambridge and elsewhere. The lee
ture is certainly good one and we'll
worth an hours attention.
The town report shows total re-
ceipts for the year of S21, 14S.63, in
Guiding the cash on hand at the be-
ginning of the year-S719.61; cash
in treasury at date of report, S6S7.95 |
bonds paid during the year,
$4,000; estimated expense for the en-
suing year; Sc, 500.59. A tax of 200 |
cents on the grand list will pay ex-
penses and $4,000 on the bonded |
debt. The town expenses the past |
year were: interest on bonds, 81 ,947.-
so; POS town orders, S13 ,S4S. 02, in
Guiding iron bridge, So, l65, and abut-
ments, SLIPS; H. P. Stowe, over
paid taxes, S345.74; road machine,
227,64. 1t will be seen from this
that $4,000 of the bonds have been
paid, and to this must be added about
1000 floating Indebtedness Of the
previous year, making in all trifie
over over $4,000 debts paid. There
is, however, about $500 less of cash
in the treasury than at the beginning
of last year. The report shows that
there remains on the collectors book
only $19.47 uncollected taxes. To
this sum, however, must be added
for costs.
We clip the following in regard to
the Vermontville, (Mich.) Echo:
Last, but in point of interest by no
means least, we visited F. P. Towns |
lumber yard, and as usual, found the
and his able assistant, Will
Stout, heavily engrossed in business.
He took the time, however, 10 kindly |
pilot US through his we'll stocked |
yard and drying houses, where can be
seen some as fine lumber as in any
yard in Michigan. During the past
two months he has received l ,120, 900 |
and over 700, 700 feet of lum-
Der, besides unlimited quantities of
lath, sash, doors, blinds and mould
ings. His trade extends over vast |
section of territory, and not unfre-
guently are seen from eight to eleven
teams standing at his office, waiting
to be loaded. In four consecutive |
days recently he sold 100000 shingles.
Mr.. Town has now been with US for
four years, and each year his business
has more than doubled, until now it
is assuming mammoth proportions.
He pays spot cash for everything and
gives his customers the benefit of dis
counts. He enjoys and deserves the
that has attended his eff
forts"
The county convention, called to
place in nomination a candidate for
County Commissioner, met at the
Town Hall Tuesday afternoon. A.
NJ. Kelley, of Elmore, was elected
President, Luke P. Potter, of Water
vile, and H. A. Melendy, Of Jeffer-
sonville, Vice Presidents, L. j. Stew
art, Secretary. The convention pro-
ceeded, without incident, to the cleo
ton of a candidate for County Com
missioner. II. S. Atkins, Of Stowe,
received all but three votes, and his
nomination was then made unani-
nous. Mr.. Atkins is a man of abil-
ity and experience in the affairs of
life and no better selection could have
been made. The retiring commits
sioner's report shows that liquor was
disposed of in the several towns as
follows. Cambridge and Waterville
must have drawn their supplies from
Belvidere, else there must have been
vast amount Of sickness up that
way: Belvidere, population 400, sales
237 1-2 gallons Eden, pop. 934,
residents, rs 1-2 gal, non-residents,
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